Did they ever figure out how many licks it takes to get to?!


Question: Did they ever figure out how many licks it takes to get to!?
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Answers:
Tootsie Roll Industries notes that they are aware of 3 separate and completely unrelated studies which attempted to finally put to rest the ever eternal question of "How many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop!?":

A handful of engineering students at Purdue University appear to have conducted the most research!. They devised a "licking machine," with which they recorded an average of 364 licks to get to the center!. Their research also included having 20 human volunteers carry out the experiment as well!. The results from the volunteers concluded that it took an average of 252 licks to reach it!.
One doctorate student at the University of Michigan created his own licking machine and came up with an average of 411 licks to reach the center of the Tootsie Pop!.
Students at Swathmore High School conducted their own human-based experiment, resulting in an average of 144 licks!.
The answer of course is affected by the individual's saliva output and the tongue size, so it depends on the person!. However, in theory it can be done in only one lick if the tongue is in direct contact with the Tootsie Pop for a long enough period of time!.
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Wow what a cool question and so original, as well!.

The answer is here-
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Tootsie_Pop

You mis-counted, David R!. It's been asked 1,786,562 times!. *LOL*
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Yes they did!. It's 1,786,549, precisely the same number of times this question has been asked today!.!.!.!.
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